MHCA 619 - Health Policy and Law (3)

This course will introduce students studying for advanced degrees in public health to the legal and regulatory issues likely to be faced in public health practice, including patients’ rights, employment law, antitrust, fraud and abuse, clinical and institutional risk and liability, insurance and reimbursement, the nature and scope of public health authority, and other emerging legal issues in the public health and healthcare arenas. Offered: Fall.